"In its best prewar year, Europe with almost 300 million people had a gross national product of 150 billion dollars. In that same year, the United States with 150 million people had a gross national product of 300 billion dollars." -- Paul Hoffman

Paul Hoffman (born 1956) is a prominent author and host of the PBS television series Great Minds of Science. He was editor in chief of Discover, in a ten-year tenure with that magazine, and served as president and publisher of Encyclopædia Britannica before returning full-time to writing and consulting work. He lives in Woodstock, New York. Author of at least ten books, he has appeared on CBS This Morning and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer as a correspondent. Hoffman is also a puzzlemaster using the pseudonym Dr. Crypton. He designed the puzzle in the 1984 book In Search of the Golden Horse. He also designed the treasure map in the 1984 film, Romancing the Stone, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito. Paul is a chess player rated around 1900 (or expert level). Hoffman holds a B.A. degree summa cum laude from Harvard. He is the winner of the first National Magazine Award for Feature Writing and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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"Among the reasons for this was the fact that the U.S.A. is one mass market. It is only when you have a mass market that large-scale manufacturing which involves very substantial expenditures can be justified.""As far as we were concerned, we were operators, we were administrators. I don't ever recall going to Dean Acheson and asking for any counsel or advice on administration, but I had the greatest respect for him, as I have today.""At the time it seriously troubled me, but in drafting me as Marshall Plan Administrator, President Truman did as great a favor for me as one man can do for another. It opened my eyes to many things of which I was totally unaware and it was the beginning of my real education.""But I felt that most of us in the world today gave priority to our personal interests.""However, from the very beginning of the program, we made it perfectly clear that we would be out of Europe in four years; that whatever was to be accomplished had to be accomplished in that period of time.""I would like to say that no man ever was given finer cooperation than that given me by President Truman.""If he had listened to some of his advisors and had tried to make the Marshall Plan a political dumping ground for unqualified politicians, it couldn't have been a success.""If there was to be a new Europe, there not only had to be a common market, but also great mobility in labor.""The Europeans had made two promises to the United States if Marshall Plan help was forthcoming. The first promise was maximum self-help on the part of every country; and second, maximum mutual aid.""The full potential of labor can be utilized only if there is mobility in labor.""The magic was in the Marshall Plan itself. It provided an opportunity for appealing and constructive work. In a sense, the mission chiefs were given the opportunity to help act as architects for the new Europe that was envisioned.""There are times we are givers, but others time we have to let others give to us.""We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.""Yes, Jean Monnet was the father of the concept of a United States of Europe and his efforts more than those of any other single man helped change the thinking of European leaders."

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2019 - Wondrous Love Devotions for Lent 2020 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781506461496
ISBN-10: 1506461492
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christian Books & Bibles

2010 - The Left Hand of God (Audio CD) → Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780142428238
ISBN-10: 014242823X
Genres: Teen & Young Adult, Religion & Spirituality, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction

1995 - Netscape and the Www for Dummies First Edition (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781568843735
ISBN-10: 1568843739
Genre: Computers & Technology

Currently 4/5 Stars.

1985 - Timid VIrgins Make Dull Company (Paperback) → Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780140080438
ISBN-10: 0140080430
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Humor & Entertainment

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